Car Salesman Quotes:

America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

- Hunter S. Thompson

topic: Gun, Two, America, Qualms, Qualms About

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

- Woody Allen

topic: Funny, Death, Suicide, Not Afraid Of Death, Death And Dying

Deep within the heart of every evangelist lies the wreck of a car salesman.

- H. L. Mencken

topic: Lying, Heart, Car, Evangelists, Deep Within

Say whatever you want. But the United States has a kickass military and really good bullshit marketing people. If this country was a person it would be a used car salesman with a flamethrower.

- Richard Jeni

topic: Country, Military, People, Kickass, Used Car

A salesman, like the storage battery in your car, is constantly discharging energy. Unless he is recharged at frequent intervals he soon runs dry. This is one of the greatest responsibilities of sales leadership.

- Robert Henry Grant

topic: Leadership, Running, Responsibility, Inspirational Selling, Car Salesman

The devil is a cross between a really good used-car salesman and a game-show host, but with a lot more style and charm.There's a little Cary Grant thrown in there too.

- Ray Wise

topic: Games, Car, Style, Used Car, Car Salesman

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

- Frank Zappa

topic: Branches, Politics, Entertainment, Entertainment Industry, Car Salesman

I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.

- Aaron Tveit

topic: Teacher, Play, Car, Car Salesman, Acting Teachers

White people scare the crap out of me.

- Michael Moore

topic: White, People, Scare, Ripped, Have A Nice Day

I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table.

- Nancy Pelosi

source: "Pelosi: Bush Impeachment 'Off the Table'" by Susan Ferrechio, archive.nytimes.com. November 8, 2006.

topic: Tables, Said, Never Trust Anyone, Car Salesman, Impeachment

Librarian like Stewardess, Certified Public Accountant, Used Car Salesman is one of those occupations that people assume attract a certain deformed personality.

- Elizabeth McCracken

source: Elizabeth McCracken (2013). “The Giant's House”, p.7, Random House

topic: Car, People, Personality, Used Car, Car Salesman

I love the Elvis movies. I used to watch them. In every single one of his movies he wasn't acting as a car salesman - he was acting as a car salesman who loved to play guitar.

- Larry Mullen, Jr.

topic: Guitar, Play, Car, Car Salesman

When Americans are asked to rank professions in terms of honesty and ethics, insurance agents routinely end up near the bottom of the list - somewhere between politicians and car salesmen. Generally, insurers are seen as clever hucksters who prey on insecurity and ignorance to sell people what they don't need at prices they shouldn't have to pay.

- James Surowiecki

topic: Clever, Honesty, Ignorance, Insurance Agent, Car Salesman

Bowie and McCartney arrived, and the biscuits and caviare started and I left immediately. I don't like shouting across rooms, with people in shiny suits who look like used-car salesmen.

- Billy Childish

source: "The importance of being Childish" by Tim Teeman, The Times, December 2, 2006.

topic: Car, People, Looks, Used Car, Car Salesman

I have no belief in the system. So Sonny is perfectly at home (in Washington D.C.). Politicians are one step down below used-car salesmen.

- Cher

topic: Home, Car, Politics, Used Car, Car Salesman

Thirty-five years ago, being a cook was the same as being a used-car salesman.

- Wolfgang Puck

source: Source: www.esquire.com

topic: Years, Car, Thirty, Used Car, Car Salesman

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Politics Is the Entertainment Branch of Industry. C-SPAN's coverage of governmental proceedings is wonderful. Caution! Buffoons on the Hill! Wallowing in blabber and spew, regiments of ex-lawyers and used-car salesmen attempt to distract us from the naughty little surprises served up by deregulated corporate America.

- Frank Zappa

source: Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.322, Simon and Schuster

topic: Naughty, America, Car, Used Car, Car Salesman

You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.

- Scott Bakula

topic: Honesty, Believe, Character, Car Salesman

Politicians, real-estate agents, used-car salesmen, and advertising copy-writers are expected to stretch facts in self-serving directions, but scientists who falsify their results are regarded by their peers as committing an inexcusable crime. Yet the sad fact is that the history of science swarms with cases of outright fakery and instances of scientists who unconsciously distorted their work by seeing it through lenses of passionately held beliefs.

- Martin Gardner

topic: Real, Self, Car, Used Car, Car Salesman

If you're a car salesman, and someone says "This is a terrible car, I'm not buying it," it doesn't mean they hate you. They just don't like your product. I think that's a mistake a lot of people in show business make.. they're so tied to their act they take everything personally.

- Jay Leno

topic: Hate, Mistake, Mean, Car Salesman